Engineering Manager

Target

(Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Target

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests at over 1,800 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit to communities, that giving equals more than $4 million a week.

Summary

As an Engineering Manager you are responsible for the technology decisions that enable the business plan and will manage an engineering team in an agile environment. You will be responsible for providing guidance to engineers and making relevant decisions related to technology solutions. The key to the success of this position is having strong & innovative approach to problem solving, great technical leadership, excellent communication (written and verbal, formal and informal), flexibility, and a self-motivated working style with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

* Drive best practices and ensure development of high quality solutions/technologies through advocating for and ensuring standards for common assets and framework components

* Determine the right technology choices (upgrade decisions, hosting decision) to best delivery business value keeping in mind availability, scalability and reliability of solution.

* Build and manage a team of high caliber Java and Automation engineers and inform on resource allocation strategy.

* Drive resolution of technology roadblocks including code, infrastructure, build and deployment and accountable by working with business owners for meeting delivery dates

* Guide product team(s) as appropriate, manage cross-product technical dependencies and drive resolutions to conflicts or remove barriers for the product team(s)

* Advocate for and ensure standards around technologies, frameworks, design patterns, processes and guiding values of the domain architecture

* Ensure all solutions/technologies adheres to all development & security standards

Drive best practices and ensure development of high quality solutions/technologies through advocating for and ensuring standards for common assets and framework components
Determine the right technology choices (upgrade decisions, hosting decision) to best delivery business value keeping in mind availability, scalability and reliability of solution.
Build and manage a team of high caliber Java and Automation engineers and inform on resource allocation strategy.
Drive resolution of technology roadblocks including code, infrastructure, build and deployment and accountable by working with business owners for meeting delivery dates
Guide product team(s) as appropriate, manage cross-product technical dependencies and drive resolutions to conflicts or remove barriers for the product team(s)
Advocate for and ensure standards around technologies, frameworks, design patterns, processes and guiding values of the domain architecture
Ensure all solutions/technologies adheres to all development & security standards

Ideal Candidate

**Skills:**

* Extensive technical knowledge and background, plus additional role-specific technical skills as required

* Good knowledge of open source frameworks

* Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences

* Team-orientated, passionate about developing others’ skills and capabilities

* Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodology

* Knowledge of Agile and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices

* Strong sense of ownership and problem solving skills

**Background:**

* BS degree in computer science or equivalent

* Deep experience working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, etc)

* 9+ years of full tech stack engineering experience

* 5+ years of managing teams with a strong track record of  delivery for large, cross-functional projects

* Experience operating large scale systems

* Experience with test-driven development and software test automation

Skills:

Extensive technical knowledge and background, plus additional role-specific technical skills as required
Good knowledge of open source frameworks
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to variety of audiences
Team-orientated, passionate about developing others’ skills and capabilities
Deep understanding of agile development processes and methodology
Knowledge of Agile and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery practices
Strong sense of ownership and problem solving skills

Background:

BS degree in computer science or equivalent
Deep experience working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, etc)
9+ years of full tech stack engineering experience
5+ years of managing teams with a strong track record of delivery for large, cross-functional projects
Experience operating large scale systems
Experience with test-driven development and software test automation